James Thomas ("Tom")
was the eldest of the HOBBS brothers. Tom married Emily Annie Agnes
Hobbs (nee Moor) (born 21st October 1886) on 28th
December 1913 at All Saints Church Hatcham Park
London. His wife Emily was born in the Millwall district of London. The 1901
Census finds emily residing in the Bromley area of Kent working as a Domestic
Nursemaid.

Ten years later in 1911 she is living with her parents as
a 24 year old factory hand

Name Elijah Moor Relationship to Head of Household Head
Condition Married Gender M Age 44 Estimated Year of Birth 1867 Occupation
Groundsman Employed Y Working at Home N Place of Birth London Barking Enumerator
Information Address 5 Hunsdon Road New Cross S E Parish St Paul Deptford Town
New Cross S E Type of Building Private House Number of Rooms 5 Rooms Inhabited Y
Reference RG14PN2618 RG78PN88 RD28 SD1 ED24 SN113 Administrative County London
Registration District Greenwich Registration Sub District Deptford North
Enumeration District 24.

In fact Elijah's whole working life revolved around
Millwall Football Club as this article demonstrates

There is a marvellous wedding photograph
that was taken that shows the wedding party. Tom's mother and my
great grandmother Elizabeth is on the front row on the left

Tom was a London Bus Driver. Here he is on
the right with his conductor on the Wood Green - Deptford
Broadway route

This is confirmed by information in the 1911 UK Census

Name James Thomas Hobbs Relationship to Head of
Household Lodger Condition Single Gender M Age 26 Estimated Year of Birth
1885 Occupation Motor Omnibus Driver Employed Y Working at Home N Place of
Birth London Paddington Enumerator Information Address 31a Temple Road
Cricklewood London N W Parish Willesden Town Cricklewood London N W Type of
Building Flat Number of Rooms 4 Inhabited Y Reference RG14PN7055 RG78PN346B
RD129 SD1 ED75 SN193 Administrative County Middlesex Registration District
Willesden Registration Sub District Willesden Enumeration District 75

Tom and Emily had two sons the eldest being THOMAS JAMES
HOBBS who was born on 7th October 1915 and his younger brother
LEONARD NORMAN ELIJAH HOBBS who was born four years later on
27th December 1919. Their mother EMILY HOBBS died aged 90
on 2nd January 1977 in Greenwich District Hospital, Greenwich,
London and is buried in Grove Park Cemetery Lewisham London. Her husband Tom died the same year on 22 November 1977 at
the home
address of 9 Casella Road New Cross London

There is also an excellent photograph of their eldest son
Tom's Wedding which shows the bride (TRUDIE BRADLEY) and
bridegroom together with the close relatives. JAMES and EMILY are
on the left of the photograph. Tom's younger brother LEONARD is
behind the bride on the back row. The rest of the people in
the photograph are relatives of the bride. To the brides left is
MARIA BRADLEY who is the mother of the bride (TRUDIE) and also
the person to her left CORNEL BRADLEY. In between the two on the
back row is another son FRANCIS BRADLEY. A daughter ANNELISE
(ELISABETH) JACQUES (nee BRADLEY) is on the back row second from
the left. The only person I have yet to identify is the man in
the top left hand corner who I'm told was the the Best Man but no-one I've
spoken too knows his name